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♂ William J. Johnson
aliasWilliam J. Johnson
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 18 November 1881 → 142 years + 5 months ago
Lived 67 years + 4 months
First mandate 25 October 1945 → 78 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 11 months
Death 16 April 1949 → 75 years ago
Exit → Death -1 months after 14 June 1949
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 3 7 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Harry B. Johnston  m 
 		 ⊖ Vincent S. Segur  m 
 
Eligible: 2,832 Votes: 2,197 Participation: 77.58% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29540(F) — 29 Dec 2022 15:33 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
59
CONS
 3/3 427 19.68% -638 Winner:
LIB
 1,065 49.08% Harry B. Johnston
Eligible: 2,872 Votes: 2,150 Participation: 74.86% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 British Columbia
25 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29590(F) — 23 Sep 2022 12:08 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
63
PC
 1/2 1,089 51.17% +50 Loser:
CFF
 1,039 48.83% Vincent S. Segur

Service: 3 years 7 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,098 Votes: 2,643 Participation: 85.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
22		 British Columbia
15 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 29631(F) — 24 Jul 2023 20:17 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
PC
 1,311 50.95% Arvid W. Lundell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
William James Johnson (Canadian politician)		 18 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
William James Johnson (homme politique canadien)		 18 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Aug 2023 19:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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